FAIRY TALES: The Geek Girls are bringing Fairy Tales to the Bowery... with an R-rated spin, of course. "Handsome princes, ravenous wolves, beautiful maidens--traditional fairy tales are no strangers to adult content. Let the ladies of Geek Girl Productions present you with the grown-up versions of your favorite childhood stories. Meet a Little Red Riding Hood (who's wearing little more than that), a Princess who finds more than a Pea in her bed, and more burlesque acts bordering on pure fantasy. There may not be a moral at the end of these stories, but we will surely leave you with sweet dreams. With Lily Stitches, Little Miss Rollerhoops, and Murder Nurse. Hosted by Juliet Jeske (as Princess Sunshine)."

Tuesday, April 12th // 10 p.m. // Bowery Poetry Club [308 Bowery] // $10

BENEFIT FOR KATE: In the wake of the city's new initiative to further protect pedestrians from harm comes a benefit for Kate Blake, who in October 2010 was the victim of a pedestrian accident and died on the first of April, 2011. Her family and friends have put together a benefit to cover the costs of her months in the hospital, with a night of music and dance, and a performance by Elinor Blake, of April March, and Julien Gasc, of Aquaserge, and entertainment courtesy of DJ Jonathan Toubin.

Tuesday, April 12th // 7 p.m. // SoHo Grand Club Room [310 W Broadway] // $25 minimum donation

TALK JOURNALISM: Longform journalism can be some of the most captivating reads, as Truman Capote's In Cold Blood can attest to that. Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, the city's lovable non-profit cafe that aims to fight HIV/AIDS and homelessness, along with Longreads and Rolling Stone Magazine, is hosting a discussion of longform journalism featuring Rolling Stone writers Rob Sheffield, Jeff Goodell and others, moderated by Rolling Stone Managing Editor Will Dana.

Wednesday, April 13th // 7 p.m. // Housing Works Bookstore Cafe [126 Crosby St] // Free

BUKOWSKI LIVES: Is poetry even poetry if it doesn’t hinge on talk of sex, booze and ennui? German artist Ute Lemper revives that late great anti-romantic with the simply titled The Bukowski Project, which combines poetry from three of Charles Bukowski’s books (You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense, The Last Night of the Earth: Poems, and What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire) with music, video and installation by Brock Monroe.

Thursday, April 14th through Saturday, April 23rd // Abrons Art Center [466 Grand St] // $35-$50

COMEDY: Leslie Meisel (30 Rock, Law and Order: SVU, UCB house team Thunder Gulch) got dumped. A few times, in fact. And now she's bringing her tales to the stage. "She wrote a one-woman show, with help from her broken heart, about how much love sucks a big ol' dong. That show became a Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, and Trans-Pacific Broadway Railroad award-winning sensation. Tonight is its historic 3,557th Broadway performance! You will see how bad love can suck. Love Can Suck a Dick...And So Can I! was created by Meisel and Megan Neuringer (Best Week Ever, Flight of the Conchords), who also directed the show. Tickets can be reserved here."

Thursday, April 14th // 8 p.m. // UCB Theater [307 W 26th St]

FOR ALL YOU AUDIOPHILES: This spring, L Magazine introduces Audiophile, a locally-grown concert series that promises to be worth catching. Taking place over the course of three Fridays at the Brooklyn Museum, Audiophile kicks off its first show with electropop duo MNDR and multimedia artists/musicians New Villager on April 15th. Admission to the event is included in the cost of admission to the Museum, which is a suggested $10 donation.

Friday, April 15th // 7 p.m. // Brooklyn Museum of Art [200 Eastern Parkway] // $10 suggested donation

BENEFIT: This Friday Host Liam Mceneaney brings comedians Wyatt Cenac, Kristen Schaal, Kurt Braunohler, and Arden Myrin to the stage of The Bell House... along with the oft-funny frontman of Les Savy Fav, Tim Harrington! Music will be provided by Mike Doughty, Hard Nips, and The Suzan. This is all for another Brooklyn <3s Japan benefit... and we hear there may be some celebrity DJs, too.

Friday, April 15th // 7:30 p.m. doors // The Bell House [149 7th St, Gowanus] // $15 adv / $20 dos

EGG HUNT: This children's Easter event is BYOB- bring your own basket, that is. The Friends of the Woodlawn Cemetery is hosting Woodlawn's First Annual Easter Egg Hunt! Children ages 6 and under and their families are "welcome to participate in an Easter Egg Hunt in one of the city’s most beautiful and historic locations. Plastic eggs filled with chocolate, bubble gum, and other candy will be scattered in the open field next to the Jerome Avenue entrance."

PUPPIES!: This Saturday join a lot of cute dogs and their humans at the Pup Crawl across the Brooklyn Bridge. The event is meant to "draw attention to the cause and help shelter pets in need." Here's some more from last year's event, the first of an annual tradition.

Saturday, April 16th // 10 a.m. // Brooklyn Bridge // Register here

SATURDAY SESSIONS: Head over to MoMA's Saturday Sessions this weekend, where "Molly Surno of Cinema 16 hosts an afternoon with the synth trio FORMA, who transform five classic experimental short films with original, live accompaniment. This event features works by pioneers of the avant-garde, including Fernand Léger, Maya Deren, Hans Ritcher, Shirley Clarke, and Scott Bartlett."

Saturday, April 16th // 3 p.m. // Details here

MUSIC: Profoundly talented musicians Colin Stetson and Lone Wolf (a.k.a Ryan Sawyer) join forces this Sunday, April 17th, at Glasslands Gallery in Williamsburg. The former is a touring member of big-sound acts Arcade Fire and Belle Orchestre, while the latter once kept the beat for At the Drive-In and was, for a time, one of eighty-eight drummers in the aptly named The Boredoms’ 88 Boadrum. This collaboration, presented by PopGun, comes on the heels of Stetson’s release of his solo project, New History Welfare Vol. 2: Judges.

Sunday, April 17th // 8 p.m. // Glasslands Gallery [289 Kent Ave, Brooklyn] // $10 adv

MOVIE & MUSIC: Does Yo La Tengo pair well with Old Joy? Find out on Sunday when the two will be in the same room at MoMA. "The film will be introduced by co-star Daniel London, and followed by a reception featuring a DJ set by two members of the renowned indie band Yo La Tengo." Admission includes film screening and cocktail reception.

Sunday, April 17th // 7 p.m. // MoMA [11 W 53rd St] // $12

NEW FRENCH CINEMA: The Film Society of Lincoln Center is looking at the "new" French Wave cinema in FREE RADICALS: SERGE BOZON AND THE NEW FRENCH CINEMA. A group of filmmakers from La lettre du cinéma has made a splash with "highly literate, deeply romantic, formally inventive works." On Sunday, Jean-Charles Fitoussi presents the North American premiere of his triptych, I Did Not Die, which uses "the Frankenstein legend as the starting point for a contemplation of the possibility (or lack thereof) of true love."

Sunday, April 17 // 5 p.m. // Film Society of Lincoln Center [65th St between Broadway & Amsterdam] // $12

OIL SPILL BOOK: It's almost the one year anniversary of the tragic Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, and with the recent oil spill in the South Atlantic (endangering the world's penguin population!) as a reminder to this prevailing problem, oil industry watchdog Antonia Juhasz's new book on the subject couldn't come at a more pertinent time. Black Tide explores this story through people "who lost their lives, loved ones, and livelihoods to those who made the policies that set the devastating event in motion, those who cut the corners that put corporate profits over people and the environment, and those who have committed their lives to ensuring that such an event is never repeated." Join the author for a reading about this devastating event that is anything but forgotten.

Monday, April 18th // 6:30 p.m. // powerHouse Arena [37 Main Street, Brooklyn] // Free with RSVP

Newsletter contributions from Krista Ciminera, Melanie Parker, Jen Carlson, and Jen Chung.